Three Groups

"... Do we really need to do this?"

Watching Bai Zhi, who had thrown Dog Poop, leftover instant noodle boxes, and fermented Herring Can that had been left outdoors for Bai Zhi days in the sweltering summer heat into the room, and then started pouring Gasoline into a Gasoline can, Temperance Gentleheart's lips twitched slightly.

"Don't forget our mission."

Bai Zhi tossed the empty bucket far inside the door and turned to look at the other person.

"The mission requires us to find and resolve six Hidden Anomaly Source. We've finally found the source of this Man-eating Room; are we just going to leave it alone?"

"Uh... I just inexplicably feel sorry for her..."

Looking at the filth that filled the room, a mixture of smells so foul it would make you nauseous just from a whiff, Temperance Gentleheart replied softly.

"It's pitiful? Then aren't the people it ate pitiful too? That's why I just don't understand you Girl's thinking. You have to use your kindness in the right place, okay?"

He pursed his lips, took out a lighter, Ignite Bai Zhi, and tossed it behind him without looking back.

As flames rapidly rose, a horrifying transformation occurred within the room. The original disguise vanished quickly, revealing a nauseatingly fleshy scene.

What's strange is that the room didn't do anything to deal with the rapidly spreading fire. Countless eyes that appeared on the ceiling stared blankly at the flames spreading towards their bodies, and their usually inhuman eyes even showed a rare hint of relief.

[Thanks...]

As the room in front of them collapsed with a deafening roar, a System Prompt popped up in front of them, accompanied by a faint sigh.

[A Hidden Anomaly Source has been resolved]

After the Anomaly occupied all the rooms on the sixth floor died, a considerable number of items resembling clothes, pants, and leather shoes fell out of the walls, seemingly Item the Anomaly hadn't had time to digest.

The flames hadn't died down yet, and a rather unpleasant smell filled the air. Just as Temperance Gentleheart was painfully covering her mouth and nose, she watched as someone casually pulled a Gas Mask from their Inventory and put it on...

"As a Player, it's perfectly normal to carry Gas Mask. Besides, these things aren't expensive on Taobao; the cheap ones are only a few dozen yuan."

Perhaps noticing her gaze, the other person pointed to the Gas Mask on their face, looking righteous and stern.

"However, if you need it, I do have a Simplified Gas Mask here. Would you like it?"

A Young Girl who was practically suffocating herself nodded frantically.

Here, use it yourself.

After handing her something, the person turned and walked towards the ruins.

"..."

Looking at the Large Plastic Bag in her hand, Temperance Gentleheart remained silent for a considerable period of time.

The burned-out room was in a state of disarray, with many areas charred black and interspersed with embers that had not yet been extinguished, as well as some mixed remains of creatures whose origins were unclear.

After rummaging through the disgusting mess for a while while wearing Leather Gloves, Bai Zhi stood up, took off his gloves and threw them into the ruins. He then turned to Qian Xiaoxinrou, who was walking towards him with a large plastic bag over her head Temperance Gentleheart, and began to speak.

"Alright, let's go..."

Before he could finish his sentence, Temperance Gentleheart seemed to be in a great hurry and walked straight past him. Then, she painstakingly dug a shoe out from under the rubble, as if the shoe were a very important Item to her.

"What's wrong?"

Seeing Temperance Gentleheart Xinrou suddenly freeze in place, Bai Zhi raised an eyebrow slightly.

"... Tell me the truth, am I already dead?"

Turning her head, she slowly raised the shoe in her hand; the Young Girl's face appeared quite pale.

"This shoe... is mine."

"That's absolutely impossible!!"

Looking at the corpse before her, its eyes wide open in death, VerdantRipple's expression turned extremely grim.

"When the incident happened in the stairwell involving the Black&White group, you should have heard his voice. At that time, that Black Shadow had already appeared in the corridor on the Third Floor."

What VerdantRipple was referring to was the time when Bai Zhi had asked the people on the first floor to look for the White Paper Painting over the Walkie-Talkie. At that time, the three Player in the First Floor Hall, Iron Blood, Doloth, I’m Arrogant, So What?, were all speaking into the Walkie-Talkie.

At that time, they were already trapped in the Third Floor corridor. From a temporal perspective, if the Black Shadow was indeed their Teammate, it simply wouldn't make sense.

"Perhaps, but I have a far more terrifying suspicion in my heart..."

Taking off his Glasses, the Traveler pressed his temples hard with his hands.

"We were talking on the public channel of the Walkie-Talkie for several minutes, right? But during that time, did you hear anyone on the first floor make a sound?"

"But this kind of thing simply doesn't make sense logically in terms of time."

VerdantRipple remained steadfast in her convictions.

"It's impossible that he was helping find the right White Paper Painting on the first floor while simultaneously being tortured like this on the Third Floor!!"

"There's no point in continuing to guess. Let's just ask directly over the Walkie-Talkie."

The Traveler took out the Walkie-Talkie and rubbed his forehead, looking quite troubled.

"If the situation is really as I imagine, then..."

[A Hidden Anomaly Source has been resolved]

Before he could finish his sentence, a notification from the system popped up in front of them.

Meanwhile, in a room on the Second Floor.

With a blank expression, he crushed the Walkie-Talkie in his hand into pieces Iron Blood silently stared at the Empty Room in front of him.

In the very center of the empty room, a grotesque corpse was hanging from the ceiling by its own intestines, and the dried blood indicated that it had been dead for some time.

--And at the feet of this grotesque corpse, suspended in mid-air, lay a pair of half-broken gold-rimmed Glasses lying quietly.